Who misses Fetla's?

[Dyerbill]

Fetlas was/is my favorite store ever...so sorry it's gone. I bought a mint S&W 66-5 for $300 dollars....those were the days my friend...

 

[flatlander]

Last time I was there I tried to convince my dad that he needed to buy the .44 Automag for $495 because it was a good investment. I ribbed him for years because he said no.

Bob

 

[ghuns]

I remember dad taking me and my brothers there as kids. I remembered it as Willy Wonka's Chocolate Factory, but with guns.

Went back once as an adult. It didn't live up to my childhood memories.

 

[HoughMade]

I miss $79 SKSs in a barrel just inside the door. I miss being able to buy a trailer tire, diapers, a go-Kart and a Colt Python in the same store.

 

[walt o]

Jim Shema beat the suit brought by Gary .He decided to get out of the business after he shot a person trying to rob his store . didn't kill the perp but the perp recovered and later tried to bring charges against Shema.

 

[HoughMade]

As far as i know, the "Gary Gun Case" still lives. I was local counsel for some firearms manufacturers before I switched firms. Some of my current partners are local counsel for other firearms manufacturers.

 

[lonehoosier]

As far as i know, the "Gary Gun Case" still lives. I was local counsel for some firearms manufacturers before I switched firms. Some of my current partners are local counsel for other firearms manufacturers.

Yeah I thought after Sandyhook that a lot of firearms manufacturers wanted to leave anti-gun states. Remember Indiana making a big push for them but there was a long outstanding court case that had never been resolved.

 

[HoughMade]

I just looked up the online docket. Nothing has gone on in it for a long time, but there it sits.

 

[4651feeder]

For us Fetla's was maybe a twice yearly treat due to distance that we never seemed to grow weary of. A menagerie of treasures to be found covered in dust if one invested the time looking. Elkhart had a smaller version of this back in the sixties with John Hite Sporting Goods. Upon entering you wondered how they ever found what was sought in the clutter; but they did and the people kept coming back until the devastating fire.......

 

[indiucky]

Never heard of them. Where were they located and when were they around?
Dan

Canada it seems.....

 

[miguel]

Oh man, you had to bring up Fetlas, just when I had forgotten about it.

Lots of ladders, too.

 

[red_zr24x4]

And john boats, and hard ware, and...

 

[repeter1977]

Great place for any and everything, like a better flea market, original Walmart with guns rolled together. Was always interesting going there. Even bought my Browning Hi Power MK3 there.

 

[nra4ever]

There was no better place in the region for a straw purchase... I also liked going to downtown Hammond for the army navy store and trick shop. Those were the days. Lol

 

[Expat]

I made it to Fetla's a couple times back in the day. It was an interesting place, to be sure.

 

[actaeon277]

It was located in Valparaiso, off Route 2, south side of town, or just outside of.

Fetla's Valpo store to close | Local News | nwitimes.com

Fetlas Trading Post Inc 1457 S State Road 2
Valparaiso, IN 46385-9009


https://www.google.com/maps/place/1...5de8917b!8m2!3d41.4597551!4d-87.0450619?hl=en



South of Valpo U.

 

[iceman7668]

It was so cluttered and spread out they had yellow footprints on the floor so you could follow them to the bathroom!

 

[chef larry]

Jim Shema beat the suit brought by Gary .He decided to get out of the business after he shot a person trying to rob his store . didn't kill the perp but the perp recovered and later tried to bring charges against Shema.

I remember this event to well. Was going to stop by Shema's that night but ran into a friend and got to talking and it was to late to go to the gun store and heard about the shooting the next day.

 

[BluePig]

Used to stop there after the Valpo and Crown Point shows.
It was cool to walk around and see all the stuff.
They had some very nice pieces.

 

[10mmfan]

my first shotgun and first centerfire rifle came from there. made many a trips there just to browse. They had guns there. never any complaints about selection until their management/ownership change which was the beginning of the end. I am a little sad every time I drive by there.